Pointe des Châteaux (Guadeloupe)
Saint-François is a commune of the Guadeloupe department in the south-east point of the main island Grande-Terre.
Settlements include Chassaing, Dubedou, and Kahouanne, an uninhabited islet of 1,500 metres from the coast. It is about 0.541 km2 (0.209 sq mi) in area and is a protected site.[2]
There are four public preschools and eight public primary schools.[3]
The Collège Alexandre Macal is a public junior high school.[4]
La Pointe des Châteaux
La Pointe des Châteaux is a peninsula that extends into the Atlantic Ocean.
Eleven kilometres east of Saint-François, a large littoral strip, La Pointe des Châteaux hosts rare fauna and flora, some of which are indigenous to the site.
It attracts about 500,000 visitors per year. North-west of the Pointe des Châteaux's clifftop is beach les Grandes Salines.
References
- "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- "ILET KAHOUANNE - Conservatoire du littoral". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- "LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT." Académie de la Guadeloupe [fr]. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
- "Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018." Académie de la Guadeloupe [fr]. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
Gallery
Cross at the Pointe des Châteaux and La Désirade out far
A far view of La Désirade from the Pointe des Châteaux
External links
- Office de Tourisme de Saint François – Official site of the Saint-François Tourism Board